MotownWebGuy

I'm noticing that calendar events are getting repeated multiple times, so I may disconnect this feature if I can't figure out why this is happening.  

35 minutes ago, John_Brian_K said:

I was just letting you know because the links were for things like buying tickets and I just assumed you got a piece of that when purchased from this site.  

Nope, I don't get a piece of that action which is why I'm not concerned if they are clickable or not.  I do appreciate you bringing this to my attention though as I certainly understand why you might have thought that.  The only benefit the site receives from those "free" calendars is the games schedules it provides us.

The calendar event information comes from another website (https://stza.co).  I didn't enter or have any control over the information that is displayed when you view the event details.  To be honest, I'm not too concerned if the links are clickable or not...  I was more interested in having the basic event info displayed so we would know when the local teams have games.

It appears to be renewed and resolved.  Post on...

Great game last night...  Looked like it was getting away from them early in the third, but they kept it close.  Close enough until it started to get away from them again late in the fourth, before their 13-1 run in the last couple of minutes brought them back from a 10 point deficit.  Nice win, but still too many games this season where they haven't looked very competitive. 

After last season, I was hoping for a bit more from them but this season has been a bit of a let down so far.  Hopefully with the injuries healing and the COVID issues in the background, we'll start seeing more competitive games and a few more wins.  January has been better so far, but they have a ways to go yet.

On 12/13/2021 at 8:47 PM, Tigeraholic1 said:

Any Cobra Kai fans? News season looks fantastic!

 

Yes, both my wife and I are huge fans of Cobra Kai.  The original Karate Kid is a classic from our youth, so it wasn't hard to find this series enjoyable.  Love the humor and drama...  Good stuff.  We hate having to wait another year or so to binge the next season.

Issues with the Nameservers on my new server seem to be resolved now.  If you had a previous issue accessing the website, please clear your cache or browser history and let me know if you continue to have issues with the site.  Make sure to try multiple sources or internet connections if you can.  Thanks!

There were some issues with the migration and the change in nameservers...  I'm still trying to resolve all of that with my hosting company to make sure things are correctly setup.  It is quite possible that the issue you are experiencing is related to that, so I apologize.  I hope to get an all clear later today that everything is working fine, so if you still have the issue after that, we'll begin to troubleshoot it.

Your phone and computer are probably pulling the site from different places, so one may have the correct nameservers and the other may not.

I guess you solved your own mystery.  Awesome!

1 hour ago, Tenacious D said:

Great, thanks.

But what about the meaning of life?

Still working on the meaning of life...  anyone else figured that out yet?

MotownSports.com seems to be DEAD. 

I sold the site back in June of 2020 and it appears that the new owners have killed it off by forwarding the domain to a gambling website. The recent issues with the forums not working for nearly a month may have been the final blow.

That said, I started these forums at the beginning of the year to support my other websites (i.e. MotownTigers.com, MotownLions.com, etc.) so the crew from MTS have started using them as their new forums. Feel free to do the same and please let anyone you know from the old site that this place is here.

Long story short...  I sold MotownSports.com in June of 2020.  After over a year of new ownership, the current owner appears to have closed the site and redirected it elsewhere.

Their lack of attention to recent issues with the forums may have been the final nail in the coffin for the site...  As many know, the site was not working correctly for nearly a month and during that time many people moved on.  With limited traffic to the site once the forums issues were resolved last week, I guess the decision to pull the plug on the website was an easy one.

Glad you found many of the users now posting here.  If you know of any other lost members, please direct them here.

30 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

A member list doesn't seem to be visible here. Intentional or just oversight? I kind of liked that.

16 minutes ago, MotownWebGuy said:

Not intentional, so maybe an oversight?  I wasn't aware that a member list wasn't an option here or that one was an option on the other site.  Obviously I can't go back there now to see what I had setup on that site...  I'll check the settings here and see if what can be done.

Found it!

In the top header under the site logo, hover over the word "Activity."  In the menu of options that pops up when hovering over that word, look for the option titled "Search."  When you click that and go to the search page, you can do a member search.

https://www.motownforums.com/search/

11 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

A member list doesn't seem to be visible here. Intentional or just oversight? I kind of liked that.

Not intentional, so maybe an oversight?  I wasn't aware that a member list wasn't an option here or that one was an option on the other site.  Obviously I can't go back there now to see what I had setup on that site...  I'll check the settings here and see if what can be done.

19 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

It does suck when you build something and you have to see the people that follow you   not care about it. Been there.

Yeah, not what I had hoped would happen...  I knew it was always a possibility that it could go that route, but I was holding out wishing for something better to come from it. 

They seemed to put some money into it at first (hiring writers to produce blog content), but then I guess they decided it wasn't worth the investment.  The forums crashing over and over and their lack of attention to it was just the final blows.  In the end, I guess they decided it was easier to just redirect it elsewhere and try and cash in on the remaining traffic and SEO.

2 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

The old forum is now blocked by my company's firewall. 

The old forum is gone... replaced by a gambling website.

Well, MotownSports.com appears to be done...  Site redirected to gambling information.

42 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think MTS was set to 24 hours and you had complete discretion as to whether an edit was marked as edited. If I had to guess, edit max time is set to five minutes here and any edit is marked as such.

When I installed this software at MTS years ago, I probably tweaked the edit settings to not include a visible notice of editing. When I setup this forum, I left most of the default settings in place…

Personally it’s probably best to have the edit notice displayed so people can’t as easily go back later and change their story without others knowing.  Settings can always be altered, but I don’t see the real issue with this one. So you edit your post,  big deal… I edit mine often due to typos, including this one. 🤪

4 hours ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

there were/are so many of those that I wouldn't be able to tell. but I do see that both my posts from this morning are gone.

well, I guess one of those was a thread in the Tigers forum, so yeah, I guess I noticed one then.

I just finished cleaning up a bunch of the topical threads on MTS. I didn’t delete the earlier ones you referenced (I assume the admin did since he appears to have logged in), but I cleaned up the majority that remained. They were fun to read while the site was not operating correctly for a month, but now that it is back up and running, I wanted to clean up the “graffiti”. Wether you post there again or not, there’s too much history there to leave it trashed.

6 hours ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

someone with admin access to both would have to export and then import. and I think MWG said he doesn't have admin privs at MTS any more, so that leaves us with... no one.

Correct, I do not have admin access at MotownSports anymore… I just have moderator access.

Considering the Admin account last visited the site on August 2nd, it appears the site issues may have worked themselves out...

Time to kick off another Lions game thread.  This week the mighty Lions take on the alley cats from Cincinnati.  Who will win this exciting matchup?

7 minutes ago, John_Brian_K said:

I am going to go out on a limb and say they lose.

Limb was under a lot of pressure with all the others on it...

Another game, another...  Let's talk about the game against the Vikings this Sunday, October 10th!